The lack of diversity at Wednesday night’s Brit Awards didn’t go unnoticed, but just minutes away from the O2 Arena, a number of the artists overlooked weren’t ready to let their lack of a nomination ruin things.

At the packed invite-only bash, the ‘Fill Me In’ star kicked things off with a TS5 party set, sharing the stage with Big Narstie, who features on his comeback single ‘When The Bassline Drops’.

Guests including Damon Albarn and Jamal Edwards then saw garage pioneers DJ Luck and MC Neat take to the decks, before a performance from Kano, who welcomed special guest Giggs on to the stage.

Meanwhile, across town in Shoreditch, Drake also ditched the main music labels’ swanky bashes, in favour of making surprise appearance on stage at Village Underground at a Section Boyz gig with grime artist Skepta.

Much has been said of the fact UK Grime’s most prolific artists were omitted from this year’s nominations, and not much has changed since Kanye West invited a whole host of artists including Skepta, Krept & Konan and Stormzy to join him to debut ‘All Day’ on the Brits stage in 2015.

Ahead of the event, Brits bosses appeared to defend the lack of diversity by citing the fact many nominees are decided upon because of their commercial success, with a spokesperson stating: “There are no individual awards for specific genres however, and since only a small number of Brits are awarded every year, the artists who are honoured tend to be those who have achieved the very highest levels of chart success.”